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Lisa Snell

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Lisa Snell is the director of education and child welfare at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
Snell has frequently testified before the California State Legislature and numerous other state legislatures and government agencies. She has authored policy studies on school finance and weighted student funding, universal preschool, school violence, charter schools, and child advocacy centers.
Snell is a frequent contributor to Reason magazine, School Reform News and Privatization Watch. Her writing has also appeared in Education Week, Edutopia, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications.
Ms. Snell is also an advisory board member to the National Quality Improvement Center for the Children’s Bureau; is on the charter school accreditation team for the American Academy for Liberal Education; and serves as a board member for the California Virtual Academy.
Before joining Reason Foundation, Snell taught public speaking and argumentation courses at California State University, Fullerton. She earned a Master of Arts in communication from California State University, Fullerton.
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- Why the New York Times and Library Patrons Shouldn't Be Angry About Privatized Libraries
Lisa Snell
September 27, 2010, 8:20pm - NBC "Education Nation" Perpetuates Preschool Access Myth
Lisa Snell
September 27, 2010, 4:08pm - Student-Based Budgeting One Possible Upside to $578 Million Los Angeles High School
Lisa Snell
September 13, 2010, 10:45am - The Failure of NOT Recognizing Successful Teachers at Los Angeles Unified
Lisa Snell
August 29, 2010, 4:18pm - Keeping Race to the Top Education $Billions in Perspective
Lisa Snell
August 24, 2010, 1:47pm - Charter schools versus Los Angeles Unified: School Building Costs Edition
Lisa Snell
August 24, 2010, 12:18pm - California and LA Unified Lose Bid For Race to the Top
Lisa Snell
August 24, 2010, 12:07pm - Higher Education Bloat: University of California Edition
Lisa Snell
August 17, 2010, 11:07pm - More on Edujobs Bailout and Education Job Growth
Lisa Snell
August 11, 2010, 2:42pm - Edujobs Bailout: Public Versus Private Sector Jobs Edition
Lisa Snell
August 11, 2010, 2:09pm - Where Did the Money Go? An Analysis of Spending and Revenue in Nebraska and Surrounding States, 2002-2008
Adam Summers, Leonard Gilroy and Lisa Snell
August 3, 2010 - The Teacher Bubble and the Federal Education Jobs Bill that will Never Die
Lisa Snell
August 2, 2010, 12:44pm - Money into a Black Hole: California Education Edition
Lisa Snell
July 26, 2010, 2:40pm - Louisiana School Reform and Red-Tape Reduction: Heartland Institute Podcast
Lisa Snell
July 15, 2010, 2:12pm - School Turnaround Folly: $3.5 Billion Federal Grant Edition
Lisa Snell
July 13, 2010, 2:36pm - Reason.tv's School Choice Extravaganza
Lisa Snell
July 9, 2010, 3:56pm - Public Pension Reform: Free the Teachers
Lisa Snell
July 9, 2010, 12:38am - How Public Schools Waste Money: Sick Teachers in Newark Edition
Lisa Snell
June 16, 2010, 3:20pm - Public Sector Growth: California Higher Education Edition
Lisa Snell
June 16, 2010, 12:34pm - Teacher Bailout Needed because New Jersey Teachers Getting 3 Percent Raise Instead of 4 Percent
Lisa Snell
June 14, 2010, 2:03pm - The Growth of the Public Sector: New York City Education Department Edition
Lisa Snell
June 14, 2010, 12:58pm - Head Start Fail: Enrollment Fraud Edition
Lisa Snell
May 21, 2010, 1:35pm - Obama’s Education Spending Frenzy
After the administration’s first year, it’s status quo 20, reform 1.
Lisa Snell
April 9, 2010 - Public Sector Employees are Killing the Economy: Head Start Edition
Lisa Snell
April 1, 2010, 5:19pm - Jaime Escalante, Rip
Lisa Snell
March 31, 2010, 12:39pm - College Kids are Foodies on Food Stamps
Lisa Snell
March 29, 2010, 8:14pm - Unions Versus School Reform: Race to the Top Edition
Lisa Snell
March 29, 2010, 1:14pm - Florida to Expand Tax Credit School Choice Program
Lisa Snell
March 26, 2010, 12:19pm - Florida's School Choice and Accountability Lead to More Gains on 2009 NAEP
Lisa Snell
March 24, 2010, 7:04pm - Oklahoma Universal Preschool Fail: 2009 NAEP Reading Edition
Lisa Snell
March 24, 2010, 1:46pm - Federal Education Spending Increased 72 Percent; National Reading Scores Still Flat
Lisa Snell
March 24, 2010, 12:35pm - California Needs Quality-Based Teacher Layoffs
Lisa Snell
March 24, 2010, 11:50am - Green Dot Acts Responsibly to Close Under-performing Charter School
Lisa Snell
March 23, 2010, 6:20pm - New Jersey Gov. Christie: Skip Raises to Avoid Teacher Layoffs
Lisa Snell
March 23, 2010, 5:53pm - U.S Education Secretary Arne Duncan Won't Support School Choice for Poor D.C. Children; Instead Helped Well-Connected Get Choice in Chicago
Lisa Snell
March 23, 2010, 5:10pm - Los Angeles Unified to Restrict School Transfers and School Choice
Lisa Snell
March 22, 2010, 5:22pm - Reason Saves Cleveland Schools: Follow Detroit Edition?
Lisa Snell
March 17, 2010, 6:08pm - California Pink Slip Mania 2010: Quality-Based Layoff Edition
Lisa Snell
March 17, 2010, 2:08pm - California Teachers Association $212 Million Political Spending Spree
Lisa Snell
March 16, 2010, 3:05pm - Fix the Schools
Close failing schools, open charter schools and replicate great schools
Policy Brief 87
Lisa Snell
March 15, 2010 - Ten Ideas to Fix Cleveland's Schools
Turn failing schools into charters, empower parents and principals
Policy Brief 86
Lisa Snell
March 15, 2010 - Stimulus Supports Mostly Teachers
Lisa Snell
March 11, 2010, 12:56pm - Higher Education Reality Check: California Rally Edition
Lisa Snell
March 4, 2010, 1:43pm - School Districts Can Control Spending: Murrietta "Pay Cuts are Better than Layoffs" Edition
Lisa Snell
March 4, 2010, 1:18pm - What Can Educators Do Besides March in Rallies to Cope with School Budget Cuts?
Lisa Snell
March 4, 2010, 11:43am - What Universal Kindergarten Tells Us About Universal Preschool
Lisa Snell
March 3, 2010, 1:55pm - LA Unified Needs a Lesson From Rhode Island
Lisa Snell
February 16, 2010, 4:00pm - Your Education Stimulus Dollars at Work: iPod Edition
Lisa Snell
February 11, 2010, 10:56am - California State Budget Crisis Bonus: Education Mandate Edition
Lisa Snell
February 4, 2010, 1:25pm - Fake Spending Freeze: Head Start Edition
Lisa Snell
February 3, 2010, 1:05pm
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